1. She is good looking (most important for McCain)
2. She is a creationist.
The volatile issue of teaching creation science in public schools popped up in the Alaska governor's race this week when Republican Sarah Palin said she thinks creationism should be taught alongside evolution in the state's public classrooms. Palin was answering a question from the moderator near the conclusion of Wednesday night's televised debate on KAKM Channel 7 when she said, "Teach both. You know, don't be afraid of information."
3. Two years ago she was mayor of a village of 6000 people.
4. When she became governor, the race for 08 already started.
recommend this
email
print
link to this page
Comments: 201
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creationism
Really he is just trying to appeal to female voters since he has pretty shunned them and stomped all over them through out his polictical career. Really who he chooses for a running mate won't have much bearing on his ability to win the election. I mean even now most people are like "Cheney who?"
She was the mayor of a small town and became Governor of a small state just last year.
She does have a lot of experience; however, as runner-up for Miss Alaska and as a TV sportscaster.
Great pick.
But don't worry, we will digg up the dirt quickly.
Repugs are one giant joke.
Sidekick and Maverick '08
The polls to look at are the polls that come out after September 14th.
I'm not sure how to take this, David. Would that mean he is going after the votes of all the guys in his party who think below the waist? Well, at least the half of them who are thinking about females? I can't imagine the wives of Mavericks wanting their guys to think about her often.
Wow. I could have sworn we had VPs before. :P
McCain must have had internal polls showing him he could not win the race. This was drastic. You don't do this, if the polls are really tight. The Obama camp has been saying their internal polls are telling them something different. Now I believe them. McCain must have been really down. There are safer picks. This can work out but it's a big gamble.
There are several other women who would have been a better choice;
How about Olympia Snowe or Elizabeth Dole?
You couldn't send Obama over to talk to Putin!!!!!!!!!
Now here are the facts. She has more executive experience than Obama and to my knowledge, she has never consorted with a known terrorist like Obama has, and is not a serial plagiarist like old Joe Biden.
Face it leftos you were expecting Romney, and they threw you a tough, conservative woman! Obama had his chance to pick a woman, you remember, Hillary Clinton who garnered 18 million votes. He instead went with old Joe, a Washington insider--More of the same. Looks like hope and change just switched sides!
Not all executive experiences are equal. Mayor of a town of 9000 is not being mayor of Los Angeles where you deal with pretty tough situation that you will see at the federal level. If McCain was 60, I would not care. The likelihood of her taking over would be minute.
At 72, this worries me. Close your eyes, it's December 08 and she takes over. Scary!
On the woman thing, nobody is voting a woman is pro overturning Roe v. Wade. When the dust settles in about two weeks, we shall know soon.
Doyle is this the best you can come up with? Try harder, this is pathetic!
That said, I think the old man is slick. This is a make or brake pick. Give it a month.
Yes Jared, "that woman thing" how enlightened you are!
What's her position on Iraq? (Let me guess the surge worked)
What's her position on energy?
on nuclear proliferation?
We know she is pro gun, against abortion? Those are the generic stuff. Anything else we don't know. We know she has no experience but it seems you don't need one these days for the White House and McCain agrees.
Dearest Alan, can't you do better than stealing lines from the hapless traitor Bill Richardson?
Supporting McCain, I support his gutsy pick, show boldness and imagination. Too bad the same reasoning wasn't with your guy, when he went into Washington's basement to pick Biden
Just left of center is where true wisdom lies, come join me there.
( LOL )
What's her position on energy?
Uh, Alan, the surge did work, haven't you been reading the papers?
And she is for more oil exploration in this country. In case you haven't noticed, we import oil from people who hate us. We must start with getting as much energy from our country, to act as a bridge for alternative energy sources.
By the way, just what is Biden's energy policy?
How do you know who she consorts with?
No one knows anything about her...except dont piss off her sister.
Kay K., Aug 29, 2008, 2:33pm EDT
What year paper are you reading? Even bush is admitting mistakes with the surge.
Picking Sarah was brilliant on McCain's part but it may not make the difference. I have seen her several times on Charlie Rose and such places and was impressed with her.
She is actually my answer to fellow dems accusing me of being anti woman for hating Hillary. ( please check out " 7 strikes against Hellary " in my posts )
Voting FOR someone based on her being a female ( which is doubtful to me in Himmary's case ) is no less idioitic than voting against someone on that basis.
BUT I thank you for pointing out that Sarah is a Pro-creationist loon, before I went too far in supporting her.
I thought this was a GREAT pic for him since many dems have mentioned to me admiring her.
Myself included
BUT I can in NO WAY support any creationists so sorry, Sarah , my marriage proposal to her is off the table . ( She's married anyway to a eco-activist guy - ANOTHER brilliant reason for choosing her )
Bush and his cronies sell their own hearts to the black market for cash since they dont use them anyway.
So Douglas, I guess you find it a lot easier supporting some one whose mentor and pastor was a racist anti-American. Okay, if that is your choice.
oookay, Doug, whatever!
Kay K., Aug 29, 2008, 2:37pm EDT
Yes she worked very hard to get her former brother in law fired and when that didnt work she fired the boss who refused to fire him.
Ya cant kill a rat in Pakistan by shooting in Iraq. WHOLE war was a half thought out move by a quarter wit president ( he'd have to gain intelligence to warrant half wit status. )
I actually liked and admired sarah and might have even backed McOldGuy with her as his understudy, UNTIL this post and my further googling proved out her kooky creationist in schools view.
Creationism should be taught in schools in philosophy and religion, maybe even ethics BUT not in science where facts and testing mater more than faith and belief.
How do you know who she consorts with?
No one knows anything about her...except dont piss off her sister."
Oh dear, the left needs some work on those talking points! You really can't take them by surprise, it appears.
Yes, well of course it doesn't compare to Obama's leetle friend who decided to blow up the capitol and commit murder--small potatoes you would agree Lori?
Pastors dont really mean that much, mentors do . Intentions do and truth does.
O'Bama's acknowledging ;last night that the true solutions lie in the center of most of our deadlocks, won me.
I would have to support ANYONE's efforts to actually look to the half and half answers to abortion, immigration, gay marriage, etc etc etc
I have been amazed in my few years as an active dem at the LACK of open mindedness and compromise within our ranks while accusing the cons of the same.
( 2004 Our county convention couldnt pass a resolution supporting gay unions because it didnt say " Marriage " - GEEZ how narrow minded can we as a people be and expect to make any headway )
Ok, I get it...Obama and the DNC absolutely rocks the world throughout the week, hitting one grand slam home run after another, and that's meaningless. He picks a brilliant VP running mate, and that's a failure. He lays out the vast mountains of McCain failures, and eviscerates him as a disastrous presidential candidate, and that's meaningless.
BUT, McCain picks a nobody from a nobody state, who has practically ZERO experience, and is currently immersed in a corruption scandal, and that's somehow "destroyed democrat's chances?"
Ok, that makes sense. And, you wonder why people mock and ridicule you wingnuts? Jeebers...
HELL write in my name - I have clear vision and heart and nothing trumps that
NOTHING
The same priest I had growing up was convicted 3 years ago of molesting at least 29 boys from 1968 to 1989. So this makes me what a supporter of child molestation and the fact that most families in our small town used to have this same priest over to dinner at least 4 times a year.
Your logic is very flawed.
You really dont know very much about politics or people do you?
The next time Bush says " Nucular " I am gonna scream and wish him to be throttled ! !
Lets show the world how America selects illiterate morons by mis pronouncing a term the world has dealt with for decades.
Nuclear power and Nuclear war is too serious for a guy that can't even " per nownce " it correctly.
I am tired of the "Do as I say not as I do" government.
The same priest I had growing up was convicted 3 years ago of molesting at least 29 boys from 1968 to 1989. So this makes me what a supporter of child molestation and the fact that most families in our small town used to have this same priest over to dinner at least 4 times a year.
Your logic is very flawed."
Um, Lori, I really don't know the relevance of the Keating 5. I mean do you want to really go back into history, say when maybe your guy Biden was forced withdraw from the race in 1987---Do you want to rehash that embarrassment?
I 'm not getting your last point. Are you saying Palin supports child molesters? Or do you? [scratching head]
Governor of Alaska when the race for 08 practically started. Come on. Obama has been running for 19 months thereby getting prepared for the world stage. You think you can bring this woman on, give her a crash course on Iraq, Iran, Russia, Western Europe, Africa and let her loose? Give me a break.
Since when does a governor, a chief executive of a state have no experience Lori? Perhaps you should wait for the official script from the Obama camp before you say anything else. Your friend, Jared has already alienated small town America, you do not want to do the same with women, do you?
No Jared, Obama has been getting his rear end kissed by the left and the media for 19 months, he is prepared to win American Idol, not the presidency.
She is younger and less experienced than the first-term Illinois senator, and brings an ethical shadow to the ticket. A governor for just 20 months, she was two-term mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, a town of 6,500 where the biggest issue is controlling growth and the biggest civic worry is whether there will be enough snow for the Iditarod dog-mushing race.
Link
Obama has been a senator for 4 years. She has been a governor since Obama practically started running for the White House and building his foreign policy team 19 months ago. Does not even compare. This woman is a tool. Give her a microphone one on one with the media tomorrow and let's see.
Oh? Does he sing, too? Then he is a genius who sings. Cool.
Kay K., Aug 29, 2008, 3:00pm EDT
Please tell me you are one of those people who just bitch and moan about politics but dont actively vote.
Yeah, and your point? I believe Bush was elected in 1988.
I will run for office. I think I can win something and who knows. In 8 years I could mentioned as VP. This is America. From beauty pageant to the white house.
Kay K., Aug 29, 2008, 3:07pm EDT
No but I find McCain picking a woman just because she is a woman even more insulting.
So this lady doesnt need an agenda or morals or anything just a vagina to capture the girly vote.
What I find really sad is that people like Kay believe that.
Sorry. I forgot to tell you those were McCain's words. McCain went on to say Quayle was not prepared.
Yes they won in 88 and he was exposed. Since you only think about November 4th, that does not matter to you.
Gosh Lori, you conveniently left out the part of my statement about Biden being forced out of the presidential race in 1987. You want history, I can discuss history, it won't be good for your side though.
And please don't tell me you are mindless lefty who would vote for any democract.
And your point, again, what did that pick cost America? Let's see Al Gore was Clinton's choice in 92, terrorism gained strength during the Clinton years and we had 9/11--soooo?
I actually think we are lucky in this election because neither of them is a bad guy. I could have effortlessly switched to McCain had the dem choice been Hillary, Gore, or Kucinich, ( OR Kerry again )
O'Bama has at least BEEN to the middle east ( with his eyes open and not napping ) has Sarah ? ? ( Bush prolly cant even find it on a map without help )
MY main 2 worries about McCain are his age, making his stamina an issue and his veep more critical ( good thing he picked someone I can 80% be behind - damn that creation glitch - I hope she was just appasing a constituency with that idiocy )
And secondly his ease in giving up the mantle of maverick, to pick up the party lines. I only hope that after he is elected ( IF he is ) that he can say " Ha Ha RNC fat cats I am prez now and am going to do things MY WAY . We'll see.
SIDE NOTE : My neighbor ( a Limbaugh for president sign owner ) just said that the next prez should profess and follow a scorched earth policy in the middle east - bomb them all and claim the land from South Africa to the Alps for Nato . WHADDA loon . When I worry that you people are nuts I go down the street and chat with him awhile.
What I find really sad is that people like Kay believe that. "
Wow! How sad for you Lori, you do not even know who this women is---you can't be that self loathing, can you?
This is on politico, check it out:
She said she felt kind of bad she couldn't support a woman, but she didn't like Clinton's "whining," Newsweek reports.
Americans are whining according to McCain's policy adviser.
Hillary is whining according to McCain's VP.
Country First, Whining Last.
Enjoy the rest of your day!
I think this is an affirmative action hire.
Fun take on the selection here
I think this is an affirmative action hire. "
Are we now back to talking about Obama, Jared?
She was hired. Because she sits when she pees.
( I have watched her on TV interviewed without pre screened questions on several occassions )
She is impressive and what you all are avoiding saying is that like it or not a woman in todays politics MUST be good looking ( even men have to somewhat ) to even get enough attention to be viable.
( LOOK back at those primary folks that lost out to clinton, Bush, Reagan, etc etc - hell every president we have had since the dawn of Television has been pleasent looking.
THINK fat assed Taft coulda been elected via CNN, I doubt it )